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November 13, 2018

Easy Custard Recipe for the GAPS Intro Diet

When you’re on the GAPS intro diet, you’d do just about anything for a treat, so this easy custard recipe couldn’t be more perfect. It’s legal to have from stage two of the diet, and it’s delicious- and incredibly nourishing!

Who knew egg yolks could be so tasty? Our family burned ourselves out on scrambled and fried eggs for breakfast long ago, but whip up some rich, yellow yolks with a little raw honey, and we will devour it, whether we’re adhering to the GAPS intro diet or not!

This easy custard recipe can be whipped up at a moment’s notice, and is the perfect treat for all ages (of course, you shouldn’t give honey to babies under one year of age). I made some for my two-year-old niece recently, who seemed to really enjoy it, and encouraged my sister to continue making it for her because it is so nutrient dense.

Egg yolk nutrition- (why you should make this easy custard recipe daily)

Those little, slimy, yellow nuggets are packed full of nutrition that nourishes you from head to toe! Egg yolks are a good source of:

Choline- a brain-nourishing compound that also lowers inflammation. Choline improves liver function, memory and mood, and the functioning of every cell in your body. Choline is especially important for pregnant and breastfeeding mamas, and small children with developing brains.

Carotenoids- the carotenoid lutein protects the eyes and helps to prevent eye disease.

Essential fatty acids- (EFAs): DHA (docosahexaenoic acid) and AA (arachadonic acid), the most bioavailable forms of omega-3 and omega-6 fats, are found in egg yolks, and help to nourish the brain and protect the body from a host of health problems.

Fat-soluble vitamins- it’s a good thing egg yolks are rich in EFAs, because they’re also full of vitamins that need fat for absorption, including vitamins D, E, A, and K.

Egg yolks are one of the most nutrient-dense, easiest to prepare foods on the planet! Eating them raw or lightly cooked (still runny) is the best way to absorb the nutrition found in eggs. Besides the easy custard recipe I’ll share below, easy ways to eat raw and lightly cooked egg yolks include:

Egg yolks are easy to hide in lots of foods, and they’re excellent for growing brains, and especially during pregnancy and breastfeeding. Whether you’re on the GAPS intro diet, you’re pregnant, or looking to get some extra nutrition into your toddler (or teenager!), the easy custard recipe below will be the perfect way to get in some egg yolks.

Of course, the recipe also contains raw honey, which boasts its own nutritional benefits like enzymes, trace minerals, and vitamins. You can always cut way down on the honey for less sweetness, or leave it out altogether if you’d like to try this for babies under the age of one.

Note: for best results, you need a high-powered mixer. I use a stand mixer to really get the egg yolks nice and fluffy, but have used a powerful hand mixer, which works pretty well too.

Easy Custard Recipe (for the GAPS Intro Diet)

Prep5mins

Total5mins

AuthorJaclyn

Yield4-6Servings

Ingredients

6 egg yolks

1 tbsp raw honey (or less, to taste, if you're trying to be conservative on GAPS intro. Keep in mind that you're allowed up to about a tbsp on early intro, and this recipe is to be divided by 4-6 people.)

Instructions

Place the ingredients in a medium mixing bowl or the bowl of a stand mixer and turn mixer on high.

Whisk until the yolks are light-colored, foamy, and a little stiff. This should take about five minutes, but may take longer if your mixer isn't very powerful. After 10 minutes, your yolks will probably be about as fluffy as they're going to get.

About Jaclyn

When Jaclyn became a mom more than eight years ago, health food was the last thing on her mind, but when her son began to struggle with behavioral disorders, she dove in headfirst to begin learning about how to live and eat naturally. When she began to focus on paleo and GAPS diet foods, her son’s behavior began to improve, her children were healed of eczema and digestive problems, and her own thyroid disorder was healed. She blogs about raising her four boys to be happy and healthy at The Family That Heals Together.

Comments

I see that you said the you are only supposed to have a tablespoon or so of honey a day on intro. But because of my young children’s low sugar issue from even before the diet I let them eat ginger tea gummies or broth gummies, as well as well as a lot of coconut candies between meals or as a reward for eating. But we still have seen a lot of healing and it’s only been a week. I was thinking getting some Manuka honey from Costco.

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